A popular pub, owned by Teesside’s richest brothers, hopes to open up a beer garden.

Owners of The Keys pub, in Yarm, have submitted plans to Stockton Council to change their small landscaped garden area into a beer garden that could serve food and drink.

If approved the beer garden would be open until 11pm on Fridays and Saturdays, serving drinks alongside the adjoining terrace.

The applicant - named as Mistell, a firm owned by Teesside’s richest brothers Alastair and Michael Powell - say in an outline description of the proposal: “The garden will be arranged as per the attached plan, having four tables each with four chairs.

“It is intended to restrict opening hours within this element, closing at 10pm each evening, with extended opening hours on Friday and Saturday evenings until 11pm, in conjunction with the adjoining terrace.”

It adds: “The site comprises a small landscaped garden area to the rear of The Keys public house, currently utilised as amenity space.”

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Alongside the planning application, a flood risk assessment has also been carried out as the area lies within the Yarm flood defence system.

The assessment states: “The application does not propose any additional floor space and does not increase impermeable surfaces on the site, it is simply intended to add tables and chairs onto the lawned area.

“As such, the proposals will not increase the risk of flooding elsewhere and the rate of surface water runoff would not increase as a result of this proposal.”